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Looks round about, finding something very ugly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eyesore

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'something very ugly' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'looks round about' is the wordplay.
'looks' becomes 'eyes' (eyeing is a kind of looking).
'round about' becomes 'ore' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'eyes'+'ore'='EYESORE'

'finding' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for eyesore that I've seen before include "Ugly item" , "Unpleasant sight" , "Hideous sight" , "bad sight" , "it looks bad" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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